Analysis of The Undertakers
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
When ye say to Tabaqui, "My Brother!" when ye call the Hyena
to meat,
Ye may cry the Full Truce with Jacala - the Belly that runs on
four feet.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 111111101110010 11 11101111010111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 148 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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